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Benjamin Disraeli was a British statesman and novelist who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. His leadership played a crucial role in shaping the modern Conservative Party and expanding the British Empire. He is remembered for his wit, reforms, and rivalry with William Gladstone. Here are 419 of his quotes:

It is well known what a middle man is he is a man who bamboozles one party and plunders the other. (Benjamin Disraeli)
Knowledge must be gained by ourselves. Mankind may supply us with facts but the results, even if they agree with previous ones, must be the work of our own mind. View quote
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News is that which comes from the North, East, West and South, and if it comes from only one point on the compass, then it is a class publication and not news. View quote
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Apologies only account for that which they do not alter. View quote
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The right hon. Gentleman Sir Robert Peel caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. View quote
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I feel a very unusual sensation - if it's not indigestion, I think it must be gratitude. View quote
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Lord Salisbury and myself have brought you back peace - but a peace I hope with honour. View quote
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The gondola of London. View quote
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A great thing is a great book but a greater thing than all is the talk of a great man. View quote
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Propriety of manners and consideration for others are the two main characteristics of a gentleman. View quote
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The disappointment of manhood succeeds the delusion of youth. (Benjamin Disraeli)
A dark horse, which had never been thought of . . . rushed past the grand stand to sweeping triumph. View quote
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A sound Conservative government... Tory men and Whig measures. View quote
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The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame,a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others. View quote
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What is crime amongst the multitude, is only vice among the few. View quote
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To do nothing and get something, formed a boys ideal of a manly career. View quote
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O Music Miraculous art A blast of thy trumpet and millions rush forward to die a peal of thy organ and uncounted nations sink down to pray. View quote
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Nothing can resist the human will that will stake even its existence on its stated purpose. View quote
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What Art was to the ancient world, Science is to the modern the distinctive faculty. In the minds of men, the useful has succeeded to the beautiful. View quote
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Occupation: British Statesman
Born: December 21, 1804
Died: April 19, 1881
Quotes count: 419
Wikipedia: Benjamin Disraeli

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